Introductory Videos on the Overlaps and Differences Between Islamic Law and IHL 20/01/2023, Islamic Circles What are the important areas of convergence between the Islamic laws of war and international humanitarian law (IHL)? How do the Islamic laws ...
Socially Engaged Buddhism and Principled Humanitarian Action During Armed Conflict 18/01/2023, Buddhist Circles In this article, Ha Vinh Tho, Edith Favoreu and Noel Maurer Trew highlight correspondences between Socially Engaged Buddhism, especially as embodied in the ...
The Paradox of the Buddhist Soldier 10/01/2023, Buddhist Circles In this article, Daniel Ratheiser and Sunil Kariyakarawana examine the apparent paradox between Buddhism and the military. By drawing on canonical Buddhist teachings ...
International Humanitarian Law and Nichiren Buddhism 23/12/2022, Buddhist Circles In this article, Daiki Kinoshita explores how specific Mahāyāna ethics, namely the interpretation of the Lotus Sūtra by Zhiyi (536–597), Nichiren (1222–1282) and ...
The Buddhist Soldier: A Madhyamaka Inquiry 20/12/2022, Buddhist Circles In this article from the Buddhism and IHL project, Dharmacārin Siṃhanāda uses the dialectical logic of Buddhist Madhyamaka philosophy to analyze the nature ...
How Buddhist Principles Can Help the Practical Implementation of IHL 16/12/2022, Buddhist Circles According to Buddhism, mental defilements are at the root of conflicts. In this article, Ven. Kosgama Muditha, Ven. Koralegama Gnanawasa and Ven. Kirindiwela ...
The Chogye Buddhist Chaplaincy Manual of the South Korean Military and Its Relevance to IHL 15/12/2022, Buddhist Circles In this article, Hyein Lee examines a manual from the Chogye Order of Korean Buddhism which is distributed in the military Buddhist temples ...
Limiting the Risk to Combatant Lives: Confluences between IHL and Buddhism 14/12/2022, Buddhist Circles In this article, Vishakha Wijenayake compares how international humanitarian law (IHL) and Buddhist narratives in the Jātaka stories view the expectations placed on soldiers ...
Charting Hinduism’s Rules of Armed Conflict: Indian Sacred Texts and International Humanitarian Law 12/10/2022, Hindu Circles In this substantial new paper in the International Review of the Red Cross, Raj Balkaran and Walter Dorn chart rules of armed conflict in the ...
Restraint in Warfare and Appamāda: The Concept of Collateral Damage in the Light of the Buddha’s Last Words 11/10/2022, Buddhist Circles In this article, Bhagya Samarakoon explores how the quality of appamāda or “heedfulness” – referred to several times in the Buddha’s sermons and included in ...
